Rhinophis sanguineus

Rhinophis sanguineus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species: Rhinophis sanguineus

Name

Rhinophis sanguineus Beddome, 1863: 47

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.54 (formerly 1864.3.9.2), ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome. [designated by Pyron et al. (2016: 485)]
• Type locality: “Cherambady, in the Wynand”, Kerala, India.
• Paralectotypes: Unknown, possibly lost.

Synonyms

• Rhinophis microlepis Beddome, 1863: 48 [synonymised by Beddome (1886: 8)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.76 (formerly 74.4.29.110), collected by R.H. Beddome.
  • Type locality: “Mr Minchin's Estate in the Wynand”, Kerala, India.

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1863. Further Notes upon the Snakes of the Madras Presidency; with Descriptions of new Species. Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science 6: 41–48. Reference page. 
• Beddome, R.H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 17(97): 3–33. BHL Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Ganesh, S.R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V. & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38(4): 453–506. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhinophis sanguineus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
• Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Ganesan, S.R. 2013. IUCN: Rhinophis sanguineus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172613A1352267. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172613A1352267.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Salty Earth Snake

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